Famine and Kazakh Society in the 1930s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12320049 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ardak Yesdauletova (0000-0003-4323-0669, L. N. Gumilyov Eurasion National University, Astana, Kazakhstan, 010000, corresponding author), Aitmukhanbet Yesdauletov (L. N. Gumilyov Eurasion National University, Astana, Kazakhstan, 010000), Saule Aliyeva and Galina Kakenova (L. N. Gumilyov Eurasion National University, Astana, Kazakhstan, 010000) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 537-544 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0972-0073 • E-ISSN: 2456-6802 |
| Publisher | Kamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09720073.2015.11891913 |
| OpenAlex | W2557671290 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
The purpose of this paper is to determine the role of famine in the 1930s and its consequences in the Kazakh steppe. The authors indicate the cause of the hunger which were laid mostly on economic mismanagement and Soviet struggle against the rich peasants. Statistics, concerning food and livestock revealed the wrong data and provided a false favorable situation. The authors considered Stalin’s policy as deliberately implemented. It did not take into account the traditional relations: the existent nomadic and semi-nomadic economy. The Kazakh Steppes produced a small quantity of grain. As a result the fast sedentarization, which managed without the necessary conditions, led to the killing and dekulakization of more skilled and effective peasants who might help their poorer relatives overcome the crisis and survive. The Kazakh society lost around 40 percent of its population. The hunger also led to migration of thousands to the neighbouring regions
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Famine · Geography · Kazakh · Livestock · Political science · Population · Sociology · Steppe · Demography · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |